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This year's craziest sick day excuses

If you called in sick one or more days this year when you were actually well, you were not alone.

A new survey done for CareerBuilder.com found some of the most creative excuses involved everything from bee swarms to false teeth.

According to a survey, in 2013, nearly a third of workers have called in sick when not actually ill, up 2 percent from 2012.

On the flip side, 30 percent of employees say they have worked sick in order to save days for when they are feeling well.

When surveyed employers were asked to share the most memorable excuses workers used to call in sick, they provided the following 13 ridiculous reasons.

Employee's false teeth flew out the window while driving down the highway

Employee's favorite football team lost on Sunday so needed Monday to recover

Employee was quitting smoking and was grouchy.

Employee said that someone glued her doors and windows shut so she couldn't leave the house to come to work

Employee bit her tongue and couldn't talk

Employee claimed a swarm of bees surrounded his vehicle and he couldn't make it in

Employee said the chemical in turkey made him fall asleep and he missed his shift

Employee felt like he was so angry he was going to hurt someone if he came in

Employee received a threatening phone call from the electric company and needed to report it to the FBI

Employee needed to finish Christmas shopping

Employee's fake eye was falling out of its socket

Employee got lost and ended up in another state

Employee couldn't decide what to wear

Apart from actual illness, the most common reason employees take sick days is because they just don't feel like going to work (33 percent), or because they needed to relax (28 percent). Others spend their sick days going to a scheduled doctor's appointment (24 percent), catching up on sleep (19 percent), or running personal errands (14 percent).

But be careful if you decide to call in sick to take a day off. Thirty percent of employers say that they have checked up on employees who have called in sick to make sure the excuse was legitimate.

While some employers may be flexible with how employees use their sick days, 16 percent say they've fired employees for calling in sick with a fake excuse.

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